University of Central Florida, Mississippi Arts Commission's AllWrite Program for Literacy,  James Madison University,  University of Mississippi, Mississippi Valley State,  University of Southern Mississippi, University of Arizona, New Mexico State University

Literary Arts Program --University of Central Florida, Mississippi Arts Commission's AllWrite Program for Literacy, Holly Springs, Mississippi and Grenada, Mississippi

2010, United Arts of Central Florida Fellowship

Finalist, 2007 BkMk Press GS Sharat Chandra Prize for my short story collection,

Rattlesnakes and the Moon

Semifinalist, 2007 William Faulkner Creative Writing Contest for my novel, Blessed Are

$5000 Literary Arts Fellowship, 2003, Mississippi Arts Commission

Henfield Foundation Transatlantic Review Award for fiction

Semifinalist, 2003  William Faulkner Creative Writing Contest for the Novel-in-Progress, Farewell Angelina

Semifinalist, 2003 Great American Novel Contest sponsored by Tupelo Press and Meridian

Joan Johnson Award for Fiction 1999, University of Southern Mississippi

Frank Waters Fiction Fellowship to work on my novel, Blessed Are, New Mexico State

University.

Honorable Mention, Zoetrope All-Story Short Story 2000 Contest

One of ten finalist’s Zoetrope’s Samuel Adams Fiction Award 2000

One of the dozen finalists in the 1998 Playboy’s College Fiction Contest

Finalist, Chesterfield Film Company Writer’s Project 1994

Runner up University of Southern Mississippi’s Joan Johnson Awards 1998

One of three finalists in the Missouri Review 1993 Editor’s Prize Contest

Finalist Tucson Weekly’s 1992 Short Story Contest

"Literary Arts Fellowship, Mississippi Arts Commission" "Henfield Award" "Semifinalist, William Faulkner Creative Writing Contest and the Great American Novel Contest" "Joan Johnson Award" "Frank Waters Fiction Fellowship" "Finalist, Zoetrope Story Contest" "Semi-finalist Playboy's Fiction Contest" "Finalist, Chesterfield Film Co.Writer's Project" "Finalist Missouri Review Prize"